Sept. 12, 2024

Military Funeral in Brevard for POW

Orlando, FL — A solemn and long-overdue ceremony takes place in Brevard County today. Corporal Leo J. Barlosky is buried with full military honors at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery in Mims, more than 82 years after he died in a Japanese POW camp while serving in the Army during World War II.Originally from Audenried, a tiny rural hamlet in Pennsylvania’s coal

Aug. 26, 2024

Family shares battle to identify and return remains of Sgt. Jack Hohlfeld

ONALASKA, Wis. — More than 80 years after the fall of the Philippines in World War II, the battle to bring home one of the fallen heroes will finally come to a close.That’s because Sharon and her husband Ron Graw will soon welcome home the man they call “Uncle Jack” to finally be laid to rest.“I think he’d be awful impressed with his niece he never met because

Aug. 16, 2024

Families of Service Members Gone Missing in Action Get Answers at Annual Briefing

More than 400 family members, with relatives who served in the Korean War or the Cold War who never came home, are attending personalized briefings today and tomorrow in Arlington, Virginia, to get updates on how the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is progressing on their cases."We do this each year because this is part of DPAA's mission, which

Aug. 12, 2024

Inside the recovery of MIA Americans from a secret jungle base.

Katie Rubin was on a rugged cliffside in a remote Laos jungle when she spotted the human bones. “I was attached via a relatively short sewn runner to a fixed line that had been placed by one of our six-foot-something team members,” Rubin said. “I noticed what looked like possible skeletal material on the surface at the edge of a drop-off.”Rubin was

Aug. 12, 2024

US officials identify Buffalo Soldier killed in World War II

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is working to identify dozens of Black soldiers killed in World War II. They served as part of the 92nd Infantry Division, known as the Buffalo Soldiers."The idea that we can first tell them this is how it happened, this is how he died a hero. This is the thing he was doing and what it meant to the war.

Aug. 12, 2024

More than 80 years after he went missing in Romania, an American WWII airman has been honored.

A World War II airman who died in 1943 after his aircraft went down over Romania was recently honored at an American cemetery abroad, according to the American Battle Monuments Commission.United States Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Stanley J. Samoski, who went unaccounted for until February 2024, was recognized with a bronze rosette placed next to his

Aug. 12, 2024

A U.S. WWII pilot crashed in England during a secret mission. A search for his remains has revealed new clues.

Metal detectors beeped across a quiet, five-acre plot of forest and field on England's eastern Suffolk coast as dozens of American and British service members sifted clumpy, wet soil from a deep impact crater. The tiniest of remains of U.S. Air Force pilot Lt. John Fisher might be here. Exactly 80 years ago Sunday - August 4, 1944 - his B-17 bomber

Aug. 6, 2024

In 1944, a U.S. WWII pilot crashed in England during a secret mission. A search for his remains has revealed new clues.

Metal detectors beeped across a quiet, five-acre plot of forest and field on England's eastern Suffolk coast as dozens of American and British service members sifted clumpy, wet soil from a deep impact crater. The tiniest of remains of U.S. Air Force pilot Lt. John Fisher might be here. Exactly 80 years ago Sunday - August 4, 1944 - his B-17 bomber

July 25, 2024

NOAA, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency agree to share ocean exploration data

Two-pronged partnership will honor U.S. military lost at sea and advance scientific ocean discoveryNOAA and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) have signed a formal memorandum of understanding (MOU) to share data and scientific information, and collaborate on ocean exploration work that contributes to the missions of both federal

July 11, 2024

Remains of CT soldier killed during World War II identified 8 decades later

A Connecticut soldier who was killed in Southeast Asia on a bombing mission more than 80 years ago has been identified.Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Frank J. Tedone, 23, of Hartford, was killed in 1943 when his B-24 bomber was shot down over Myanmar, formerly Burma. The plane reportedly was hit by anti-aircraft fire before bursting into flames and